Smart box one printer connection. Smart Box from Beeline. Reset settings and firmware

The Beeline provider, in order to keep up with others, decided to release its own router, the connection to the networks of this operator can be configured in a couple of clicks. The router offered under the name Smart Box is built on a unified Realtek 8197D processor and is equipped with 64 MB of memory.

In fact, all the complaints that there may be about the operation of this device relate rather to the firmware. We hope it will be fixed soon. Let's look at how a branded Beeline router needs to be configured, and also how to update its firmware.

Router "Beeline Smart Box"

On the rear panel, in addition to the standard set of ports and the power button, you see an operating mode switch. The “router” mode is activated when the toggle switch knob is in the up position. The second mode is “switch”.

We will look at how to set up a connection with the Beeline provider. To do this, you can connect a computer to the router via a patch cord or via a wireless network (which operates in mixed mode b/g/n, it is named “Smart_box-…”). Finally, we will look at how to update the firmware. The firmware version current at the time of creation of the review is 2.0.19.

Connection setup

As is easy to understand, you need to connect the Beeline cord connector to the WAN port. You can access the router’s web interface from a wired or Wi-Fi network (the latter works without a password).

The actions should be as follows: having connected all the cables, supply power to the router, wait 1 minute, open the web interface. The requirement for setting up a network card is to set the “automatic” mode:

Setting up a wired connection on your computer

On wireless cards, they also enable a similar mode (“auto” DNS and IP). The parameter values ​​needed to open the web interface are given below.

How to open the GUI?

If a wired network is used to configure the router, the patch cord is connected to one of the LAN ports. In order for the network card to receive IP and DNS from the router, you need to right-click on the connection icon and click “Fix”. You can connect to a wireless network without a password; its name is “Smart_box-XXXXXX”.

Let us remind you that the router takes at least a minute to load. The graphical interface address of Smart Box is standard and equal to 192.168.1.1. The default password is the same as the login, this is the word admin:

Login to GUI

Setting up a connection with Beeline

While on the start tab of the interface, click the “Quick setup” button. The following page will open:

Connection setup

Here you need to set the parameters:

1. Subscriber login of the form “089XXXXXX” (read the contract)
2. The subscriber's password is what is specified in the contract
3. “Network name” – you can leave it as is
4. “Password” – the value of the Wi-Fi password (you don’t have to use it at first)
5. We will not enable the guest Wi-Fi network
6. Select one LAN port for the TV set-top box, if required (just not the one that is currently in use)
7. Click “Save”

Firmware update

The built-in program for the router, that is, the firmware, can be downloaded from the official Beeline website. The firmware file takes 16 or 17 megabytes. Save it to your “desktop”. Next, we will look at how to reinstall the firmware in a Smart Box router, and most importantly, how not to make things worse.

Preliminary actions

It is best to perform a factory reset before updating the firmware. Turn on the router, wait 2 minutes, press reset with a paper clip (the button must be held for 10-15 seconds). The LEDs should blink, then the router will boot again (but with the default settings).

We will install the firmware by connecting the router to the PC via a wired network. It is necessary. Reinstalling the software is carried out for the sole purpose: to rid the router of the “bugs” of the previous firmware. If everything works well, there is no need to reinstall anything.

It is important to know that while transferring the firmware file, you cannot turn off the power or break the connection between the devices. After the installation is complete, it is better to wait another 5 minutes, and only then briefly press reset.

We update the firmware via the web interface

Go to the configuration GUI as discussed above. On the start tab, click the “Advanced settings” button. Then, select the “Others” tab -> “Software Update”:

Reinstalling the firmware

Sequencing:

1. Click “Select file”, find the file on the “desktop” and click “Open”
2. Check the connection again and click “Update”
3. Wait for the reinstallation to complete
4. Wait 5-6 minutes
5. Briefly press the reset button on the router

Happy setup!

SmartBox TURBO+ is the latest Wi‑Fi solution for apartments.

Dual-band Wi-Fi transmitter - 2.4 / 5 GHz. New, more powerful processor.

New generation Wi-fi router SmartBox TURBO+ replaces the previous SmartBox. It is equipped with a dual-band Wi-Fi transmitter (2.4GHz + 5GHz) and an improved processor, which will allow you to receive a more reliable Wi-Fi signal throughout your apartment.

New generation Wi-Fi router - designed specifically for simultaneous connection of several users at high speed:

• Confident reception anywhere in the apartment
• Two Wi-Fi networks at your home in one router (2.4Hz and 5Hz)
• Supports speeds up to 1 gigabit
• Four built-in omnidirectional antennas
• Ergonomic design
• Beeline Home Internet quick setup interface
• Available on favorable terms in the “Close People 5” and “Close People 6” sets, as well as “Fantastic MAX”.

Wi‑Fi router Beeline SmartBox TURBO+ designed for connecting to Home Internet Beeline over a dedicated Ethernet line. With its help, you can create your own home network, access the Internet from several computers, tablets or smartphones (the number is unlimited).

A built-in access point for a new generation Wi-Fi wireless network with an increased range allows you to connect laptops, game consoles, media players and other network devices to SmartBox TURBO+. User-friendly interface quick setup will help you set up Internet access and connect the IPTV set-top box for Beeline Home Television without seeking the help of specialists.

Purchase options for a new connection

• Purchase immediately: RUB 3,600. ;
• Purchase by installments: 150 rub./month. for 30 months;
• Included for 0 rub. on the terms of a specific tariff;

All equipment is delivered by the installer to the client’s home on the day of connection, if it was ordered when drawing up an application for connection.

! If you are already an existing Beeline Home client, you can purchase this model yourself at the Beeline sales office or through the online store.

Specifications

Among the network routers available from Beeline, the best is Smart Box, which combines many different functions and provides very high technical characteristics, regardless of the specific model. We will describe the settings of this device in detail later in this article.

In total, there are currently four varieties of Beeline Smart Box, which have minor differences between each other. The control panel interface and setup procedure are identical in all cases. We'll take the basic model as an example.

Connection

USB functions

Quick setup

Advanced options

Wi-Fi Settings

USB Settings

Other settings

Any parameters in the section "Other" are intended for experienced users only. As a result, we will limit ourselves to a brief description.

1. On the tab "WAN" There are several fields for global Internet connection settings on the router. By default they do not need to be changed.



2. Similar to any other routers on the page "LAN" You can edit the local network settings. You also need to activate here "DHCP Server" for proper operation of the Internet.



3. Section child tabs "NAT" are designed to manage IP addresses and ports. In particular, this applies to "UPnP", which directly affects the operation of some online games.



4. You can configure the operation of static routes on the page "Routing". This section is used to organize direct data transfer between addresses.



5. Adjust as necessary "DDNS Service" by choosing one of the standard options or specifying your own.



6. Using the section "Safety" You can secure your internet search. If a firewall is used on your PC, it is better to leave everything unchanged.



7. Paragraph "Diagnosis" will allow you to check the quality of your connection to any server or website on the Internet.



8. Tab "Event Logs" is designed to display collected data about the operation of Beeline Smart Box.



9. You can change the hourly search and the server for obtaining date and time information on the page "Date Time".



10. If you are not satisfied with the standard "Username" And "Password", they can be edited on the tab "A change of the pin code".

    

The hero of the review is the SmartBox Pro dual-band WiFi router

Over the past ten years, home Internet has turned from something exotic and exciting, smelling of fresh films and music, into a completely ordinary and vital phenomenon in almost every apartment. It’s scary to think that once upon a time your humble servant was playing Doom on a modem beeping at a speed of as much as 14.4 kilobits per second. Today it is as anachronistic as the 3.5-inch floppy disks on which we transferred that same Doom from one computer to another.

The first routers with a WiFi access point became the same anachronism. I won’t believe that you have never encountered such famous representatives of routers as the D-Link DIR-100 and Zyxel P330W. These two infernal machines were brought to Russia on an industrial scale and distributed by home Internet operators to unsuspecting subscribers. Apparently, the situation is beginning to improve: Beeline, the first of the largest home Internet operators, is going to offer subscribers a router that is easy to set up without any “technical support service” or instructions.


Factory of the Singaporean company Sercomm in China. Here, cheerful Chinese produce routers, including SmartBox Pro, designed specifically for Beeline
To understand the full scale of the work done by Beeline on the mistakes of the past, it is worth remembering what all the fuss was about. Problems with operator routers began quite quickly, since ultra-cheap access points constantly lost connection to the Internet, WiFi provided only 3-5 megabits per second, and for special “cleanies” who placed the device in a dusty corner, the boxes with green lights simply burned out . For a long time no one wanted to solve these problems. This is understandable, what is most important for the operator? That’s right, connect the cable to the apartment, take a subscription fee and disappear behind the stone wall of technical support, whose motto “everything works for us” infuriates even the calmest and most loyal subscribers.

The story of changing the router

The first people to think about changing their router to something more reliable and faster are those who watch movies online and play multiplayer games. This is understandable, because if the torrents continue to wheeze, then watching a documentary film starring Evan Stone in real time will become difficult, or even be interrupted at the most interesting point. A visit to the nearest computer parts store will reveal a lot to the neophyte, for example, the fact that Internet speed depends not only on the operator, but also on what range and channel the router broadcasts on, what technologies it supports and, most importantly, how much The radio broadcast in your apartment is littered. A real revelation is the understanding that those same cheerful guys from MGTS, who hung an access point in each apartment entrance (whether you like it or not, but they, you know, have the task of screwing over subscribers), littered the 6th channel of the 2.4 GHz range with their wretched access points . This means that routers with standard settings will never have Internet speed or stability.

As a result, the subscriber takes home a box with some Negear or Zyxel, capable of distributing WiFi at two frequencies and with gigabit ports. By the way, our hero will thank you for the gigabit ports, but only later, when he grows up to install a home NAS server. For now, he will be happy that he can escape from the memorized and slow frequency of 2.4 GHz to 5 GHz (unless, of course, he forgot to buy an adapter that supports this range).

Having brought home the treasured box, the inexperienced subscriber will be faced with a new test - setting up a router. Yes, there are instructions for setting up the connection for the most common models. They are posted on the operator’s website, but to get to the site, you need to configure the router. The vicious circle is interrupted by accessing the page with instructions from a smartphone (this is, of course, if our sweaty hero has not yet called a “specialist” who will do the same for a couple of thousand rubles). Having placed checkboxes in front of incomprehensible abbreviations and frantically crossed himself, the subscriber hopefully presses the “apply settings” button, after which... It depends on your luck. However, practice shows that due to inexperience the subscriber will forget to check a box, which means that the next episode will be an exciting conversation with the support service. If, of course, the subscriber waits for his turn and, retaining a modicum of sanity, does not growl into the phone.

SmartBox Pro: attention to detail

Such a long preface is a severe necessity. Perhaps someone has already forgotten their “first time” and would not be able to fully appreciate the work that Beeline did. Our editorial office visited the first router for home Internet, for which the operator should not be ashamed. I admit, when we were given the opportunity to “look” at this device, I treated it with a fair amount of skepticism. Perhaps the fact that I had just learned how to check the boxes in the settings interface played a role, but I’m frankly not ready to go anywhere deeper. What is there to test? Nevertheless, we took the box and subjected it to a thoughtful inspection.


The large box contained everything except the user manual. They promised to finish printing and enclose it by the start of sales.
The contents of the SmartBox Pro router are modest - the router itself, a power supply and an ethernet cable. The attention to detail is immediately noticeable. The Ethernet cable is beautiful and unusual. A piece of paper is carefully attached to the power supply wire indicating that it is from the router. Those who have a gigantic number of sockets, power supplies and wires behind their TV will appreciate this seemingly trifle. The design of the router itself is laconic and simple, matte and to the touch as if the rubber surface was not disfigured by bright LEDs and a giant logo. You can safely place SmartBox Pro in a prominent place and watch your guests guess what this mysterious gadget is. All control buttons (power and WPS), as well as the display illumination, are removed to the rear panel.

A label is carefully attached to the network adapter wire so that if something happens it can be easily found among others

The Ethernet cable included is very beautiful, it is impossible to confuse it with another

It may seem that I am overly focusing on minor details. I beg to differ. I personally know several unfortunate people who are forced to turn off their home routers at night. The reason is trivial - they are in the room, and the nuclear light of blue diodes, constantly blinking (after all, this is very important, otherwise you will not know that data is being transmitted) at night simply does not allow you to sleep normally. But what to hide, I myself had such a problem with Netgear and, scary to say, the receiver, which, if you turned it off, began to wink at me with a giant circular flashlight. As a result, I had to fall asleep with light music playing.

During operation, the SmartBox Pro router winks with a dimmed light circle

All light indicators for the operation of network connectors and data transfer are concentrated on the rear panel, not visible to the user

SmartBox Pro from Beeline is not without operation indicators, but most of them, as already mentioned, are located on the rear panel, and on the top cover, occasionally and, what is important, smoothly, not abruptly like its counterparts, a circular signal lights up. The router seems to whisper that everything is fine, everything is fine. Zyxel, which is now hanging above my front door, screams with all six diodes and indicators: “Look how cool I am, I download to 4 gigabit ports and two wireless bands at once.” Why shout? I know all this without light bulbs. But the Internet either exists or it doesn’t; light bulbs will only confirm this status.

SmartBox Pro: easy setup

What about the settings? I have to disappoint those who have gotten their hands on fine tuning of a home router - all that is required of the new owner is to enter the contract number (after all, the Beeline router is intended for Beeline subscribers) and a password. Optionally, you can enter passwords for WiFi and the names of access points, but even if this is not done, the passwords will still be unique. For each set-top box, they are assigned individually and printed on two stickers placed on the box and on the router itself. After the initial setup, you can, of course, make additional changes, but why? If you want to set up a router, then obviously don’t go for the operator’s device, but buy something more expensive and more powerful.

Setting up the router takes four clicks

The most important factor for WiFi access points for home Internet, in my opinion, is the signal level, because the quality of the device’s connection to the Internet via WiFi directly depends on this. The signal quality of SmartBox Pro is not as bad as I expected. Under the same conditions, the router showed a stable signal at the level of the Zyxel Keenetic Ultra, while the Zyxel has three external antennas, which gives some advantage, while the SmartBox Pro has them hidden in the case.

Measuring the signal strength of SmartBox Pro (first screenshot) and Zyxel Keenetic Ultra (second screenshot) routers under equal conditions

SmartBox Pro: price and availability

By the way, about the price. At the moment she is not. SmartBox Pro is being introduced to the market at a difficult time, when all computer equipment, strictly tied to the dollar exchange rate, has risen in price in accordance with the American currency. I managed to overhear that the retail price of the device at launch will be at least below the equivalent of $100, and this gives reason to assume the figures are 5800-6100 rubles. What will definitely not happen, at least at the start, is the replacement of subscriber equipment already installed for home Internet clients with SamrtBox Pro. The price gap between the routers that were distributed to subscribers before the winter of 2014 and those of today is too large. So if you really want to change your home router, you will have to buy it at the Beeline showroom.

However, you can compare the price of SmartBox Pro with analogues available in stores today. A search in Yulmart showed that out of 22 models that support two WiFi bands, only 6 are cheaper than the SmartBox Pro from Beeline. Moreover, 2 of them are the heirs of the very gates of hell D-Link DIR, which prompted legions of home users to buy a new router. In terms of technical characteristics, it is almost useless to compare models of the same price range. In the networks of different operators, they can behave as they want. SmartBox Pro receives a significant advantage in these conditions. Beeline provides its Internet using LT2P technology, famous for its “stability,” and a specially configured and tested “inside and out” router is better suited for such a connection than an access point configured according to instructions at a higher price.

If I were a Beeline home Internet subscriber, I would take this router without further ado. Setup, convenience and stylish look are worth the 6 thousand rubles spent. True, if I already had an expensive router or even a router with a comparable set of functions, I would hardly change anything. This is more of a compliment to SmartBox Pro; not every operator device is able to stay on the same level as branded and reputable analogues.